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Equities · 2 July 2026
The consumer-demand softening flagged on 1 July has been corroborated by a second day of earnings…
The consumer-demand softening flagged on 1 July has been corroborated by a second day of earnings misses across autos, apparel and packaged goods, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have not repriced for it, leaving equities vulnerable if the labor data confirms the same trend.
- What would prove it wrong
- A Non-Farm Employment Change print at or above the 114K forecast, alongside a steady Unemployment Rate at 4.3%, would suggest the earnings-level demand softness is idiosyncratic rather than a macro labor-market story, weakening the case for caution on consumer-facing equities.
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- Later publication
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